Safety-razor.



W. H. GRIGHTON-GLARKE.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION rum) APB.29.1907.

906,488. Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

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WILLIAM H. ORICHTON-OLARKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

RAZOR COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A

ASSIGNOR TO GILLETTE SAFETY CORPORATION OF MAINE.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

No. 906,488. f

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec: 8, 1908.

Application filed April 29, 1907. Serial No. 370,962.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. CRIoH- TON-CLARKE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety- Razors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to safety razors of the type adapted to be used with flexible and detachable blades.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong, simple, durable, and inexpensive safetyrazor which is small and compact in construction, so that it can be carried con- Veniently in a vest pocket or the like.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of the following claims without departiu from the spirit of the invention. 1

In t e accom anying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of a safety razor constructed in accordance with the invention, the handles being folded flat against the guard. Fig. 2 is a transverse section showing one of the hantiles raised, F ig, 3 is a longitudinal section sh w n both 0f e han es r i e g- 4 is an end elevation. Fig, 5 is a plan v ew F g, 6 is a plan View of the guard, Fig. 7 is a similar v ew of the 1,, 4 T ike reference numerals iiindicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawing.

The reference numeral 1 indicates a guard, which is provided along itsside edges with teeth 2. One face of the guard 1 is convex, as indicated at 3. The guard 1, as shown particularly in Fig. 6,.is provlded with a centrally-dlsposed slot 4, a air of erforations 5, and a 'pair of hand es 6, w ch are pivotally connected in any suitable manner with the guard, as indicated at 7, and are provided with laterally-extending pro ections 8, to limit their movement toward each other and to permit them to be folded flat against the guard 1, 'as shown in Fig. 1,

when the razor is not in use. In using the razor, one of the handles 6 is engaged with the thumb, and-the other handle with one of the fingers, as will be readily understood. The outer faces of the handles are rou hened or dished in any suitable manner to ord a firm grip. Pivotallymounted u on the guard 1, as indicated at 10, is a loc 'ing device or latch 11, having a wedge-shape portion or head 12. The locking device 11- is movable in a plane parallel with the plane of the guard 1. In addition to the guard 1, the improved safety razor includes a cap 15, which is formed with a concave face 16. As shown in Fig. 7, the cap 15 is also provided with a keeper for the latch 11 consisting of a longitudinally-extending perforated ear or staple 17 which, when the cap and guard are fitted together, is adapted to project through the slot 4 in the guard 1, and to be en aged by the wedge-shape head 12 of the lociing device 11 for adjustably locking the cap and guard together.

The blade 20, which is. shown in Fi 5 is formed preferably of thin flexible stee l provided with two cutting edges, and has therein a pair of perforations 21 and a slot 22. When the blade 20 is placed between the guard 1 and cap 15, the perforated ear or staple 17 on the cap pro ects through the slot 22 in the blade, and through the slot 4 in the guard. A air of 25 connected with the cap 15 also pro ect through the openings 21 in the blade 20, and through the openings 5 in the guard 1. As. will be readily understood, the cap 15 serves to support the cutting edges of the thin blade 20, and by moving the wedge-shape head 12 of the locking device 11 a greater or lesser distance through the erforated ear or staple 17 of the ca the b ade 20 can be flexed to a greater or esser extent so as to adjust the relation of the cutting edges to the guard 1, whereby to secure a coarse or a close shave. lVhen the blade 20 is in place its edges are so disposed that either edge may be used for shaving without readjustment.

When the handles 6 are folded fiat against the guard 1, as shown in Fig. 1, the entire razor can he slipped into a small flat case, to ether with one or more extra blades. Tl e entire package will be very coin act and small, so that it can be carried in t e ticket or vest pocket of a traveling man.

and a wedge-shape locking device pivotally mounted upon one of said parts and movable in a plane parallel with the guard for looking the guard and cap together.

'3. A safety razor havlng a guard, a cap provided with a perforated ear adapted to project through the guard, and a pivotallymounted locking device having a wedgeshape portion adapted to engage the perforated ear.

4. A safety razor having a guard, a foldable handle connected with the guard, a cap adapted to support the cutting edge of a thin blade, a perforated ear connected with the cap, and a lockin device adapted to co- 0 crate with the per orated ear for locking t e guard and cap together.

5. A safety razor comprising a guard having a convex face, a cap havin a concave face, a fiexibleblade arranged between the convex and'concave faces of the guard andin a plane parallel with the guard and cap,

and having a wedge-shape portion to engage the perforated ear of the cap, and a palr of foldable handles pivotally connected with the guard.

6. A safety razor comprising adoubleedged blade, a guard, and aseparable cap,-

the said guard and cap so disposed as simultaneously to expose both edges of the blade,

means for locking said parts together, and folding handles attached to one of said plates.

7. A safety razor comprising a guard and a removable cap, a latch pivotally mounted upon one of sald parts and a keeper on the other part for securing them together, and folding handles attached to one of said plates.

In testimony whereof, I have .hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. CRICHTON-CLARKE.

Witnesses:

ADOLPH F. DINSE, MARY A. DOLAN. 

